Ken BatesChairman Ken Bates was in relaxed mood as he made it clear that United were now in the "driving seat" when it came to recruiting players.

With striker Jermaine Beckford having turned down the offer of a new contract with the club, the chairman said: "We have had no inquiries yet but that is not usual at this time because the season has just ended and most managers, scouts and coaches are away winding down.

"They come back in the middle of June and start thinking. But we are in no hurry. Jermaine is with us until June 2010 and if we don't get what we consider to be a reasonable offer, we will keep him," he said.

The chairman said that central defender Sam Sodje, who has been released by Reading, is on United's list of possible signings. "He has done well for us after he joined us in January but, again, he has to decide what he wants to do," said the chairman.

"But the great thing about Leeds is that we don't have to beg anyone to join us or stay with us. We are in the driving seat.

"A lot of players want to come to play for Leeds and we will choose those who want to play for the club and are prepared to accept reasonable wages but that is down to our manager," he added.

Danas obavljen ždrijeb prvog kola Carling kupa u kojem nas 11. ili 12. avgusta čeka gostovanje kod Darlingtona.

Priče o početku priprema i prelaznom roku ove godine kuliram, što zbog ispitnih obaveza, što zbog razočaranosti nakon dva uzastopna pušenja u play-offu. Ipak, interesovanje će početi sa 12. julom i prvom predsezonskom utakmicom. 

Danas obavljen i raspored za sledeću sezonu, a Leeds prvu utakmicu igra 8. avgusta protiv Exetera. Nakon toga slijedi gostovanje Wycombeu, a potom i gostovanje kod Walsalla. Po meni, prilika za dobro otvaranje sezone.

Raspored prijateljskih, kup i prvenstvenih utakmica

Prvo pojacanje.Vise bi voleo da dovodimo neke mladje igrace al sta je tu je.

Jason Crowe set to become first signing of summer...

Former Arsenal youngster Jason Crowe is set to become Leeds United's first signing of the summer after agreeing terms to join the club on July 1.

The 30-year-old right-back has spent the past four seasons at Northampton, making almost 200 appearances, but his contract at Sixfields expires on June 30 and he has agreed a move to Elland Road.

Shane Higgs joins Leeds United...

Leeds United have signed former Cheltenham and Wolves goalkeeper Shane Higgs.

The Oxford-born goalkeeper, a member of Wolves promotion squad last season, has joined on a one-year contract and will provide competition for Casper Ankergren.

The 32-year-old joins Leeds after spending 10 years at Cheltenham Town.

Uopste mi se ne dopadaju dosadasnja pojacanja i ako ovako nastave nemamo se mnogo cemu nadat u sledecoj sezoni.Inace otiso nam je kapiten Ricardson.

Drugovi ulazimo ove godine granat

Ja to vec 2 godine govorim ali nikako da se desi 

YORK 3 (Smith 24, Lawless 90, Trialist 90), UNITED 3 (Becchio 39, Whitwell 50, Milne 82)

York: Ingram, Wilcox, McWilliams, Mackin, O'Hare, Parslow, Smith, Ferrell, Rankine, Pacquette, Trialist. Subs (used): Mimms, Trialist, Trialist, Meredith, Emmerson, Barrett, Lawless, Russell, Brodie, Trialist, Duckworth, Lysles.

United (first half): Higgs (Martin 38), Crowe, Huntington, Lees, Parker, Snodgrass, Johnson, Howson, White, Beckford, Becchio.

United (second half): Martin (Ankergren 65), Darville, Milne, Michalik, Hughes, Whitwell, Prutton, Delph, Robinson, Showunmi, Elliott.

Referee: Peter Quinn

Att: 4774 (2679 Leeds)

Video: York - Leeds 3:3 (1:1)


Lako ispuštena sigurna pobjeda, ali ipak je to prijateljska tako da nema previše razloga za brigu. Bitno je da je šef zadovoljan. Sada je na redu irska turneja, a prvi meč je večeras protiv Shelbournea.

SHELBOURNE 2 (Bates 48, Crawley 56 pen), LEEDS UNITED 2 (Beckford 27, 41)

Shelbourne: Whelan, McMenaman, Crawley, McMillan, Doherty, O'Brien, Costigan, Cassidy, Klanas, Georgescu, Baker. Subs: Farrell, Murray, Flood, Sinnott, Bates, O'Reilly, Moran, Kavanagh.

United (1st half): Ankergren, Hughes, Lees, Michalik, Sheehan, Robinson, Delph, Howson, Showunmi (White 28), Beckford, Grella.

United (2nd half): Ankergren, Hughes (Darville 65), Crowe, Huntington, Parker, Snodgrass, Prutton, Johnson, White, Grella (Elliott 65), Becchio.

Att: 3343